So after a bit of a hiatus I go to check out FurAffinity. And what do I see?

One ad promoting 'adult plushies' with 'custom SPH'

And another ad promoting 'butt avatars'

Furry, you are well and truly a giant festering boil on the ass of humanity.

If my math is right my Second Life Capital Exchange (SLCAPEX) portfolio will earn me L$1092.06 in dividends for the month of April against a portfolio value of L$104,095.34. In other words that's a 1.04% return against the portfolio value.

Not bad, but I can do better.

***"I'm sorry"***

I'm sorry
that I bought you roses
to tell you that I like you

I'm sorry
That I was raised with respect
not to sleep with you when you were drunk

I'm sorry
That my body's not ripped enough
to "satisfy" your wants

I'm sorry
that I open your car door,
and pull out your chair like I was raised

I'm sorry
That I'm not cute enough
to be "your guy"

I'm sorry
That I am actually nice;
not a jerk

I'm sorry
I don't have a huge bank account
to buy you expensive things

I'm sorry
I like to spend quality nights at home
cuddling with you, instead of at a club

I'm sorry
I would rather make love to you then just screw you
like some random guy.

I'm sorry
That I am always the one you need to talk to,
but never good enough to date

I'm sorry
That I always held your hair back when you threw up, and didn't get mad at you for puking in my car,
but when we went out you went home with another guy

I'm sorry
That I am there to pick you up at 4am when your new man hit you and dropped you off in the middle of nowhere,
but not good enough to listen to me when I need a friend

I'm sorry
If I start not being there because it hurts being used as a door mat, only to be thrown to the side when the new jerk comes around

I'm sorry
If I don't answer my phone anymore when you call, to listen to you cry for hours, instead of getting a couple hours of sleep before work

I'm sorry
that you can't realize.. I've been the one all along.

I'm sorry
If you read this and know somebody like this
but don't care

But most of all

I'm sorry
For not being sorry anymore

I'm sorry
That you can't accept me for who I am

I'm sorry
I can never do anything right, and nothing that I do is good
enough to make it in your world.

I'm sorry
I caught your boyfriend with another girl and told you about it, I thought that was what friends were for...

I'm sorry
That I told you I loved you and actually meant it.

I'm sorry
That I talked to you for nine hours on Thanksgiving when your boyfriend was threatening you instead of spending time with my family.

I'm Sorry
That I cared

I'm sorry
that I listen to you at night talking about how you wish you could have done something different.

Ladies always complain and gripe to their friends that there is never any good guys out there, and they always end up with assholes who mistreat them. Well ladies, next time you're complaining, maybe look up to see who you're complaining to, maybe that special someone is right there hanging on your every word as usual, screaming in his head "Why won't you give me a chance?"
Because the person you are usually searching for is right by you.

If you're a guy and you agree with this letter, copy and paste into your profile as 'I'm sorry'

If You're one of the FEW girls with enough moxie to copy and paste this into your profile, and you would never make your guy feel this way, copy and paste into your profile as 'Girls Don't Realize These Things'

Okay, here it is day three into the Chewfox drama, and I’m seeing the usual levels of butthurt, in the usual annoying flavors: Chewfox gets banned (the way she effing DESERVES to in my opinion) from FA, and right on cue a horde of furries come howling to her defense, most of them screaming about her rights to ‘free speech.’ Most of them invoking the second most misinterpreted piece of law in America, the first Amendment.

But wait! Everyone knows what the first amendment says right? It says you can say whatever you want! If I’m writing about it, you should be smart enough to know that that’s not the case. Need proof? Let’s take a look at the first amendment, in its entirety:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Like all of the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment exists for exactly one reason: to protect the individual citizen from his own government. It DOES NOT SAY that you can say anything that you want, any place you want, any way you want. It merely says that the government cannot pass laws to limit your speech in any way.

You fellow citizen is another matter.

Legal proceedings have determined that private organizations such as churches, non-government funded schools, clubs, private business, publications, and private residences may limit speech in any manner that they deem to be appropriate. For example, if I was publishing a car magazine it would entirely be within my legal rights to refuse to publish anything about Ferraris, if for no other reason than that I simply don’t like them.

Again, courts have also determined that online forums classify as ‘publications’ and as such can be limited in content by their ‘publisher’ i.e. the person who ponies up the scratch to keep them running. Our presence on online forums, art archives, etc. is not a ‘right’, it’s a privilege, a privilege granted to us by those who decide to open the door and lets us in. It’s a door that can be slammed shut should we do something stupid.

In short Dragoneer made the right call in giving Chewfox the boot, and it was entirely within his rights to do so. The fact that he wimped out and rescinded the booting (not to mention taking steps to protect her from the abuse she deserves) is another matter entirely…and you just KNOW I’m gonna be talking about that in the near future.